There probably should not be a dependency on a virtual package like
this, when it contains options that will not actually do what is
required of the depency. Wslu is an especially annoying option to have
in the list, because it causes all sorts of problems when installed
without actually using Windows.

Changing it to graphical browsers only could perhaps be a solution.
Although a browser like elinks can be used just fine to read Gimp's help
file, getting rid of the problematic wslu as a possible dependency would
be worth the loss imo.

Additionally, if relying on the presence of the transitional Firefox deb
package is the only way to detect the presence of Firefox snap (when
checking dependencies), that Firefox deb package should at least be
installed by default, to make sure new users don't run into this
problem. A better solution would be to detect the presence of Firefox
snap directly, but I don't know if this is technically difficult.

A seperate issue in this case is that, currently, Firefox Snap can't
actually open Gimp's help file. It's sandboxing keeps it from accessing
local html files not located in /home. Hopefully, this bug will be fixed
by Mozilla.

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